diff --git a/containers/release/Dockerfile.in b/containers/release/Dockerfile.in
index 86147aa56fd552b0abe2936259c15a8c459cf9dd..1a36fee9dfb192ac6d20011c27fdd5619fdc8353 100644
--- a/containers/release/Dockerfile.in
+++ b/containers/release/Dockerfile.in
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ FROM eicweb.phy.anl.gov:4567/containers/eic_container/eic_builder:@TAG@ as build
 RUN cd /opt/spack-environment && spack env activate . && spack gc -y
 
 # Strip all the binaries
-#RUN find -L /usr/local/* -type f -exec readlink -f '{}' \; | \
-    #xargs file -i | \
-    #grep 'charset=binary' | \
-    #grep 'x-executable\|x-archive\|x-sharedlib' | \
-    #awk -F: '{print $1}' | xargs strip -s
+# This reduces the image size from 3.2GB --> 1.7GB so worth the time
+RUN find -L /usr/local/* -type f -exec readlink -f '{}' \; | \
+    xargs file -i | \
+    grep 'charset=binary' | \
+    grep 'x-executable\|x-archive\|x-sharedlib' | \
+    awk -F: '{print $1}' | xargs strip -s
 
 FROM eicweb.phy.anl.gov:4567/containers/image_recipes/debian_minimal:testing-20210111
 LABEL maintainer="Sylvester Joosten <sjoosten@anl.gov>" \